“The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburgh”

Our Annual Breakfast during Reunion Weekend has become an extremely popular event with an overflowing attendance each year and a live broadcast of the program for those who are unable to be there in person.

Please join Father Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C., Mackenzie Kraker (’19), Jim Martinson (’19), and Bill Dempsey (’52) for a discussion of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity in light of Father’s new biography of Father Hesburgh and in the experience of students.

Rev. Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C.

Father Miscamble is an award-winning historian and former chair of the History Department and Rector of Moreau Seminary who has been engaged for decades in discussions about Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. In his new book, American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburgh (Penguin Random House) he gives us a clear-eyed and capacious portrait of Father Hesburgh as Notre Dame president and public servant, with his many praiseworthy qualities and contributions but also his lamentable single-mined quest for the acclaim of secular academe — an ambition that has led to a major weakening of the Catholic identity of the University.

Mackenzie Kraker & Jim Martinson

Mackenzie Kraker (’19) and Jim Martinson (’19) are recipients of this year’s Sycamore Trust award for outstanding contributions to Noter Dame’s Catholic identify of Notre Dame. Mackenzie is president of Militia of the Immaculata and helped to organize our sponsoring a group of students to attend the FOCUS this year. Jim is president of Students for Child Oriented Policies (SCOP) and spearheaded this year’s anti-pornography campaign.

Bill Dempsey, ’52

Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C

Jim Martinson, ’19

Mackenzie Kraker, ’19

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There is no charge to attend our Annual Breakfast. But for planning purposes, we need to know how many people to expect for breakfast. So please complete the registration form below (once for you and once for each of your guests) to let us know that you intend to join us at this year’s event.

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